This was a hard week.This lab was difficult for me because learning the difference between the three projections can make a person pull their hair out. By using the knowledge from this lab I have a better understanding of GIS and the projections that can be used.

This lab was difficult for me because plugging in the data to Excel I did not have addresses or zip codes for the beaches from the web site. I had to make most of the knowledge searched from google. It was awesome that a person can take a map and share it to other people. Trying to impute the Excel data was difficult to get it imputed just right. Over all learning to share will be befitted me in my up and coming career. 

This week was a challenge to complete all three maps but I did.

Using the tools from other labs is just one of the way to complete the third lab.

By using the knowledge from this lab I have a better understanding of GIS.

interesting a person could take two maps and integrate them together to make one map. Learning about what the standards are for maps made it easier to understand why maps come with a title, legend, scale, and an author. This lab helped to inform me that the layers can be separated into groups and a person can focus on the individual layers or the layers together. When using specific data in the layers a person can highlight and do many other things.

Using GIS is different than any other program I've ever used because it has aspects of different programs. Plugging in the data showed me how using the different tools you could manipulate the data by what tool you use.  This lab was difficult for me because I am not a computer expert, so I had to make most of the knowledge I had. Paying attention to the words in red in the instructions really helped. I was confused about the metadata and how to access the actual code of the data. The other steps went fairly easy through trial and error I figured out how to build my map, enter the text and other requirements